Laundry tray or tub.



'0. E. ROSS. LAUNDRY TRAY 0R TUB. APPLICATION TILED AUG. 11. 1914 1,124.,812. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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OTTO E. ROSS, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

LAUNDRY TRAY on Tue Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed August 11, 1914. Serial No. 856,213.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Orrro Ross, a citiortub,.the primary object of the invention being to provide ,a' tray ortub which may be easily and economically constructed of I sheet metal,preferably in a single piece, so that it may be sold at a low cost. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a tray or tub of theportable variety which maybe easily and conveniently handled, which isstrong and durable in construction, which is provided with an extendedback to prevent the water from splashing out at the rear, and which, inthe portable style, may be lifted and transported withgreater facilitythan the old style tubs. A still further object'of the invention is toprovide a laundry tray or tub of such construction that any number of.tub sections may be joined together to form a divisional stationary tubwhich may be assembled at the point of use and firmly and securely fixedin the desired position. 1

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference beinghad drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a'stationary tubembodying my invention, as made up of two tub sections. F ig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontaltransverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of one of the portable tubs or trays. Fig. 5

is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 6 is a vertical frontto rear section. Fig. is a plan view of the blank from which the tub ismade.

In carrying my invention into practice, I

providea tub or tray comprising a body 1, preferably of general oblongrectangular form, and comprising a bottom 2, inclined or sloping frontwall 3, a vertical rear wall e, and vertical end walls 5. The rear wall4 is provided with an upward extension 6, which serves as a guard toprevent the water'from splashing over at the rear ofthe tub, and mayalso serve as a fixture to secure the tub or tray to a wall or othersuitable support.

guard rims which form at the same time to the accompanying The tub orner described a single piece of sheet metal from substantially the typeof blank shown in Fig. 7, and which is made of galvanized orenameledsheet iron. As shown, the front and rear walls are provided withback-turned side flanges 7 and 8 which respectively overlap and aresecured to the inclined front edges 9 and rearward extensionsor flanges10 of the side walls 5.

The rear vwall 'is also formed at its upper edge with a back-turnedflange 11 united at its ends to the flanges 8 to form a reinforcing rimaround the sides and top of said Wall. Preferably the parts referred to.are united by rivets and then electrically welded 'or soldered together,so as to form strong, durable and absolutely water proof joints.

It will be observed that the form of the one piece body is'such as tosecure maximum strength and durability, with economy of manufacture, asthe parts may be cut or stamped out of sheet metal, bent into thedescribed shape and firmly united in such a way as to reinforce eachother. The upper tray is constructed in the manand is preferably formedof edges of the front and end walls are prov vided with flanges 12 and13 which are bent outwardly therefrom at a right angle and then bentdownwardly, so as to provide broad surfaces around the margins at thetop of the tub and greatly reinforce and strengthen the same. The sideand. front flanges are cut away at an angle at their adlapped and thenwelded or jacent ends, otherwise securely united.

In Figs. 4, 5 and-6 I have shown a tub or tray unit which may beemployed as a hand or portable tub, adapted to be convenientlymanipulated and transported from place to place. This tub unit isprovided in its bottom with a drain outletll of ,any suitable form,

an outlet hose or pipe leadingto a desired point of discharge. It isevident that a tub en so constructed is light" in" or tray wh weight, ofmaximum stren bility of construction, and a advantages over the oldstyle trays in common use.

th and duraords manifold wash tubs .or

The units or tub sections may be made permanentor stationary by securingthem to a fixed support, as by mounting them'upon a suitable stand or byextending fastening devices through the upward extension of the backinto the wall of a room or any other which may be connected with backextension 6 to stationary support. Stationary tubs, composed of anydesired number of units or sections may also be easily made byassembling the sections together and fastening them in position. InFigs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I have shown a double or two-section tub or trayof the stationary type formed by assembling two of the tub units. Inassembling these units, adjacent ends thereof are brought together, andthe flanges at sue ends may be either flattened down or cut awa and theends united by a union or folded strip 5, bent over the edges of theabutting en walls and riveted, soldered or welded to said walls. Thisstrip may be continued in the form of an extension over the abuttingends of the rear wall extensions 6, as indicated at 16, and soldered orotherwise secured thereto to close theintervening gap or joint. Inaddition, the abutting flanges 9 on the inner end walls and theirextensions are united by bolts or rivets 17, whereby, the assembledsections or units will be held connected. These sections or units may bemounted upon a base or fastened or secured by fastenings passing througha wall or other support and the outlets 14 connected with the same orindependent drain pipes.

I claim 2- 1. A laundry single piece of a body formed of a bottom,

formed with walls, a back wall having an extension rising above theupper edges of the front and end walls, the bottom and front walls beingflanges bent over upon and secured to the end walls, and the end wallsand back wall formed with flanges secured to each other, the flangesupon the back wall extending around the elevated portions thereof, andthe upper edges of the front and bent outward and downward to portions.

'2. A tub comprising tub sections arranged end to end each of saidsections being formed from a single piece of sheet metal, each sectioncomprising bottom, front, rear and end walls, the end walls having upwarextensions and being provided with side flanges, a union folded overupon and secured to the upper edges of the abutting end walls of the tubsections and provide with an extension secured to and overlying thejoint between the abutting edges of the rear wall extensions, andfastening members passing through the abutting flanges of said rearwalls and extensions.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO. E. ROSS.

flanges at end walls Witnesses:

R. ALLAN Mum), W. G. MANGUM.

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